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Vincent R. Deignan, Jr.
8th P. O. E. APO 763
Postmaster, New York, N.Y.
Saturday July 17

BRYANT SERVICE CLUB
BRYANT COLLEGE
PROVIDENCE
RHODE ISLAND

MR CHARIMAN, I AM VERY FORMAL WHEN I SAY THIS I SHOULD SAY HELLO GANG AND [?] [?] THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMBERING ME WITH THE GOOD OLD CAMELS. NO DOUBT IT WAS THE [?][?] AND IT FINALLY REACHED NORTH AFRICA YESTERDAY, JULY 16th. IT WAS THE [?][?] THAT I RECEIVED A LETTER WITH ALL THE NEWS THAT YOU HAD MAILED ABOUT JULY [?] AND [?] [?] WRONG CLASS, NAME AND ADDRESS BUT YOU HAVE BOSTON, MASS. I KNOW THIS PLACE IS A [?] [?] [?] BOSTON, SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR RECORS AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE DONE SO ALREADY AS I SENT YOU A LETTER LAST MONTH. HOW IS EVERYTHING IN GOOD OLD PROVIDNECE, IT IS YOU KNOW THE PLACE OF MY BIRTH AND I NEVER HAD OCCASION TO MOVE OUT OF IT. IT MAY BE SMALL BUT I’LL TELL YOU [?] HOW I SURE WOULD LIKE TO EB BACK THERE. THEY CAN TAKE THIS NORTH AFRICA SDN GIVE IT BACK TO THE INDIANS OR THE ARABS WHOEVER WILL TAKE IT.

I SUPPOSE IT IS JUST ABOUT TIME FOR THE GRADUATIONG EVE CLASS TO BE LEAVING AND [?] [?] A LOT OF THE BOYS AND I SHOULD SAY NONE OF THE GIRLS ARE OF WILL BE [?] THE [?] [?] TO THOSE AND ALL OF YOUTHE [sic] BEST OF EVERYTHING, AND I’LL BE THINKING OF YOU.

WELL GANG IT IS TIME TO GET TO WORK, DON’T MIND THEMISTATES [sic] IT REALLY IS THE [?] AND BESIDES I ONLY TOOK TYPING ABOUT SIX MONTHS AT BRYANT DON’T LET MR. JACOBS [?] [?] [?] HE WILL PROBABLY WILL BURN THE LETTER AS IT IS NOT A SAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS TAOUGHT AT BRYANT BUT CAN I HELP IT IF IT IS HOT AND I AM TIRED AND WANT TO GO HOME, WELL NO, [?] [?] [?] THE VICTORY PARADE.

YOUR OLD CLASSMATE OF 1931

Vincent R. Deignan, Jr.
VINCENT R. DEIGNAN, JR.
1st. Lieut. [?]
8th PORT OF [?]
APO 735, Postmaster, New York, N.Y.

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